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TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 30: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers his nomination acceptance speech during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC which will conclude today. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SANTA ANA, Timothy C. Mason: With Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate, the “status quo” will live on. House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan's recent budget proposal was called “marvelous” by Romney. This not-so “marvelous” plan misleadingly would only cut future proposed spending increases without cutting one dime of federal government spending (waste). This is the same “con job” Democrats use when proposing “spending” cuts.

Sometime during the Republican and Democratic conventions the national debt will pass $16 trillion. The debt is growing at more than $3 billion a day thanks to these same Left–Right “saviors” in Congress that you mistakenly continue to vote for because they are from your political party.

Hopefully, we American citizens can wake up and see that these so-called “change” candidates really are, for the most part, just “snake-oil salesmen” and nothing more. What have you won by electing Romney president or re-electing President Obama?

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Nicholas Wishek: Letter writer Thomas Fertal [“Martin stood his ground,” Letters, May 21] exemplifies a serious problem we face in this country. Too many people rush to judgment before the facts are known. In writing about the Martin shooting in Florida, Fertal has obviously determined George Zimmerman's guilt. And, he may well be guilty. But to assume facts not in evidence, as Fertal does, undermines the whole concept of innocent until proven guilty. You would think that the example of the Duke Rape Case in 2006 would serve as a warning about the dangers of jumping to conclusions.

For example, Fertal has made several assumptions in his letter that have not been proven, all of which can be countered by those who side with Mr. Zimmerman. For starters, he says, “He [Zimmerman] also probably initiated contact with Martin.” Maybe. Zimmerman, however, claims Martin came up to him and threw the first punch. Fertal then writes, “Martin, being only 17 years old, probably felt threatened by this larger and older adult.” Again, possible, we don't know. Zimmerman, though, stands 5'9” while Martin was 6'2” or more. And certainly, all 17 year olds are not easily intimidated. There also is the phone record of Martin telling his girlfriend, “I'm not going to run.”

Sad to say, Fertal was much less judgmental than some members of Congress who have called Zimmerman a murderer who shot Trevor Martin down like a dog, but no one should form any conclusions without hearing both sides of the story and examining all the evidence available. The goal should be justice for everyone.

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